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This paper aims to redefine the temporal dimension in general relativity as an emergent measure rather than a traversable dimension.

March 18, 2026Open Access

Time as Constraint, Not Dimension: A Proposal for Modifying the Interpretation of the Temporal Dimension in General Relativity

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This paper aims to redefine the temporal dimension in general relativity as an emergent measure rather than a traversable dimension.
Proposed a framework that sees time as an emergent relational measure.
Developed a uniqueness theorem for measures of causal relational change.
Analyzed implications of this framework on classical spacetime and solutions in GR.
Closed timelike curves are excluded as physically admissible solutions.
Only proper time satisfies the requirements derived from relational axioms.
Suggests implications for black hole evaporation based on causal relational change.

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This proposal modifies the interpretation of time in general relativity, suggesting time is an emergent measure of change, indicating new physical frameworks.

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Joe Curlee (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ba44654e9516ffd37a6124 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19041415

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This proposal modifies the interpretation of time in general relativity, suggesting time is an emergent measure of change, indicating new physical frameworks.

Time as Constraint, Not Dimension: A Proposal for Modifying the Interpretation of the Temporal Dimension in General Relativity

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Time as Constraint, Not Dimension: A Proposal for Modifying the Interpretation of the Temporal Dimension in General Relativity

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